Monte San Pietro: what to know before buying a home
A municipality in the province of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.
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Monte San Pietro, the Lavino hills above Bologna
The town hall of Monte San Pietro is not in Monte San Pietro: the council offices are in Calderino, the largest village, on the valley floor of the Lavino stream. That sums up the municipality, a collection of villages and hamlets spread over the first Apennine hills south-west of Bologna, among woods, eroded clay gullies and the vineyards of the Colli Bolognesi, where Pignoletto wine is made. Little of the land is built on, and the landscape is still mostly farmland and green.
Bologna is about half an hour away by car, down through Zola Predosa and Casalecchio di Reno, traffic permitting. Buyers here usually want a detached house with a garden, a farmhouse to restore or a villa in the hills, away from the city but not too far. The price is fewer services: the data count only 1 health facilities in the municipality, and schools, supermarkets and sports facilities are also thinner on the ground than across the metropolitan area.
Istat, the national statistics office, recorded 10,813 residents in 2023, almost exactly as many as in 2011. The estimated average age is 48.3, above the 46.6 of the Bologna area, and over-65s are 26.4%; households are small, 2.17 people on average. Foreign residents make up 7.5%. Average declared incomes are above the metropolitan average.
In the province of Bologna 12 municipalities are in seismic zone 2 of the Civil Protection classification, and Monte San Pietro is one of 43 in zone 3, with an expected ground acceleration of about 0.163 g, not a low figure for that band. For a stone farmhouse, have the walls, floors and roof checked.
In the Bologna hills the most serious issue is landslides. The clay soils shift after long spells of rain, and roads and houses on the slopes often show it: cracks, subsidence, rebuilt retaining walls. The report measures elevation and gradient at the address and checks the official landslide maps and, on the Lavino valley floor, the flood maps too. The Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) publishes the cadastral maps, so an address leads to its plot.
Key points
- Hills and hamlets, with the town hall in Calderino.
- 10,813 residents, average age 48.3.
- Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.163 g.
- Clay slopes: landslide hazard to check plot by plot.
Overview
Monte San Pietro is a municipality in the province of Bologna, in Emilia-Romagna. At the end of 2023 it had 10,813 residents, ranked 22 of 55 municipalities in the province.
Earthquakes
For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Monte San Pietro is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Most municipalities in the province (43 of 55) are in the same zone.
In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.163 g, a medium-high value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.
Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.
Population
Compared with the 2011 census, the number of residents is nearly unchanged. The estimated average age is 48 years, higher than the province average (47). 26% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 25%). Foreign residents make up 7.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.2 members.
Income and climate
In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Monte San Pietro declared an average taxable income of 30,101 euros, in line with the province (29,157 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.
Monte San Pietro is in climate zone E, with 2,316 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 15 October to 15 April, for up to 14 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 112 metres above sea level.
Services
In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Monte San Pietro has 6 schools and 3 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 5 grocery shops and supermarkets, 1 healthcare facility, 6 sports facilities and 1 green area.
There are 0.1 healthcare facilities per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.8).
Public transport
We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.
How built-up it is
Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 4.9% of the land in Monte San Pietro, compared with 9.0% in the province and 9.0% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.
Radon and contaminated sites
Monte San Pietro is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Emilia-Romagna in 2026. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.
Official databases list one contaminated site, or site still under investigation, in Monte San Pietro, and one more has been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.
Landslides and flooding
Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Monte San Pietro: the report checks the address against the ISPRA maps.
House prices
The Revenue Agency's price ranges per square metre (OMI) apply to zones, not to whole municipalities: the report gives the range for the address's zone.
Land registry
The cadastral maps for Monte San Pietro are public: from the address the report finds the sheet and parcel number.
Liveability area by area
The Vicinalia liveability index runs from 0 to 100 and looks at the place, not the people who live there: services within walking distance, transport, green space, natural hazards, air, quiet, buildings and connection. Here it is worked out at the centre of each of the 112 inhabited census areas in Monte San Pietro. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 56 or more.
Residents by band
- modest 0.5%
- fair 91.6%
- good 7.9%
Vicinalia index by census area, licence CC BY-SA 4.0. Data: IdroGEO ISPRA (2026), Istat, INGV, EEA, AGCOM, Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
The colour is the value at the centre of the area. For an exact address, search for it above: the free check looks at that exact point. How the index is worked out
Data sources
- Seismic classification of municipalities, Dipartimento della Protezione Civile. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 2025-05.
- MPS04 seismic hazard model, INGV. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2004 model.
- Data by census section, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, residents at the end of 2023, compared with the 2011 census.
- Places, Overture Maps Foundation. Licence CDLA Permissive 2.0 and others depending on provider, release 2026-10-21.0.
- Income and main IRPEF variables by municipality, MEF, Dipartimento delle Finanze. Licence CC BY 3.0 IT, tax year 2024.
- Climate zones and heating degree days of municipalities (Presidential Decree 412/1993, Annex A), Normattiva. Licence CC BY 4.0, current text.
- Land take, territorial dynamics and ecosystem services, ISPRA e SNPA. Licence CC BY 4.0, 2024 data.
- Predictive radon map by municipality, ISPRA. Licence CC BY 4.0, version 2022-11.
- Radon priority areas (Legislative Decree 101/2020), Regione Emilia-Romagna, national list compiled by ARPA Lombardia. Licence Atto pubblico (art. 5 L. 633/1941), 2026.
- Contaminated sites, ISPRA, MOSAICO - Banca dati nazionale dei siti oggetto di procedimento di bonifica. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 12 November 2026.
- Liveability index by census area, Vicinalia, from the data in the report sections. Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, worked out on 30 September 2026.
- List of Italian municipalities, Istat. Licence CC BY 4.0, updated to 21 February 2026.
ISTAT code 037042. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.